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| Luisinan 571th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Ring manga/ SF #3 stuff"
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Well today is comic day and I picked up SF and Megaman 3 today. More on that in a minute.
At the comic shop they had the Ring Manga for, pretty thick, $15 and it covered the first movie. Didn't the Ring manga come out in more volumes? Has anyone here picked it up and think it is worth it?
As for SF 3, good story and good action. Although I have one minor complaint.
Megaman is so-so. I think i will stick through it one more issue until they reveal to Mega that Dr. Wily is the main badguy.
Yeah-- that's my major, major, major complaint with the SF comic. It's a big deal to me that they put Gouken's death immediately preceeding the SF2 saga/tournament. It's a big deal because we all know that Gouken's death is a major plot point for the SFA series. (I think UDON is trying to meld SFA and SF2). Oh well-- I try not to think about it too much cause I'm just happy that someone is producing a pretty good SF comic with great artwork. I like the writing, in only that it does a great job of setting up fights in a not-to-outlandish-sort-of-way. But the dialogue could be a little bit better. And then, there are some silly plot problems that others have noticed. Like for example, in the first issue, Guile is wearing his fighting costume in his office-- that's kinda silly. And then in the second issue Guile doesn't chase after the bad guy, but instead just yells that he's getting away (its necessary that Guile doesn't stop him because then Chun Li woulda had a boring intro).
But anyway, like I said, I'm just happy that we're getting this and that UDON is making it. Despite some nitpicks and problems, I'm very happy about the book. And UDON is very serious about the book too. Go UDON!
Bored? "160"
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| GekigangerV 780th Post
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| "Re(2):Ring manga/ SF #3 stuff" , posted Wed 19 Nov 20:27
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Yeah-- that's my major, major, major complaint with the SF comic. It's a big deal to me that they put Gouken's death immediately preceeding the SF2 saga/tournament. It's a big deal because we all know that Gouken's death is a major plot point for the SFA series. (I think UDON is trying to meld SFA and SF2). Oh well-- I try not to think about it too much cause I'm just happy that someone is producing a pretty good SF comic with great artwork. I like the writing, in only that it does a great job of setting up fights in a not-to-outlandish-sort-of-way. But the dialogue could be a little bit better. And then, there are some silly plot problems that others have noticed. Like for example, in the first issue, Guile is wearing his fighting costume in his office-- that's kinda silly. And then in the second issue Guile doesn't chase after the bad guy, but instead just yells that he's getting away (its necessary that Guile doesn't stop him because then Chun Li woulda had a boring intro).
But anyway, like I said, I'm just happy that we're getting this and that UDON is making it. Despite some nitpicks and problems, I'm very happy about the book. And UDON is very serious about the book too. Go UDON!
I am not too sure where exactly in the timeline this comic fits myself. The dolls, brainwashed Cammy, and Chun Li's costume are all Alpha 3, but everything else seems during SF2 or actually POST SF2. Isn't the Ken backstory of this issue supposed to be Ken's SF2 ending? But other than that you are right this overall has been an EXCELLENT comic book so far. Its obvious they are just staying in the range of games that SF is most popular for, which is fine by me since I am a big fan of Alpha 3 and 2. But it would be weird if they were to go into SF3 characters and still have stuff like the Dolls.
I hope the Dreamwave Darkstalkers book will be in the same quality.
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| TiamatRoar 557th Post
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| "Re(3):Ring manga/ SF #3 stuff" , posted Thu 20 Nov 00:58:
Spoiler (Highlight to view) -
From what Udoneko stated, the timeline in the SF Comic is basically this:
Arc 1 (issues 1-6): Bison after Ryu arc
Arc 2 (#7-12): Cammy's transition from Shadaloo to Delta Red. Also will have Dee Jay, T. Hawk, and Fei Long's development to get them ready for the next arc (though exactly why Fei Long and Dee Jay would need 'development' in preparation for the next arc is beyond me)
Arc 3 (#13-18): The Street Fighter 2 Tournament
Beyond: SF3, whatever.
So it's actually still in the alpha series right now... or at least, that's the closest it's to at the moment, since this comic isn't canon and as shown by several things takes a few liberties here and there with what's happening when and such (which generally shouldn't be a problem, I think, since a video game storyline seldom would translate well to any other medium if followed EXACTLY. But, I too have issues with Shadow and other potential plot points that Shadow's existance opens up, though. Ah well).
End of Spoiler
http://db.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/file/street_fighter_plot.txt
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| GekigangerV 784th Post
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| "Re(10):Ring manga/ SF #3 stuff" , posted Thu 20 Nov 19:39
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A lot of it is regular info at the SRK boards. Udoneko releases this info with the zeal of a giddy school kid (which is probably a good thing. Shows how excited and dedicated he is to the comic).
The whole "Shadow" thing was actually known from a Comic Previews magazine/newsletter or something like that, which released the preview synopsis for issue 4, and that synopsis specifically said "Guile finds Charlie under Shadaloo's control! What will happen when the two friends must fight?" or something insanely obvious like that. It didn't say he was "Shadow", but really, given Udon's zeal for Street Fighter, it should be quite logical that, if they're going to go with something as uncanon as brainwashed Charlie, they'd still at least use a currently existing version (in this case, Shadow).
Cool, I guess I need to check there more often. Well atleast it was Shadow instead of Mech-Nash.
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